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Linfoma di Burkitt (Burkitt) Aims ….Attitudes are more important than abilities Motives are more important than methods Character is more important than cleverness And heart takes precedence over the head….. Denis P. Burkitt, 1991 LINFOMA DI BURKITT (LBT) endemico: zone centrali dell’Africa (malaria) età pediatrica; sedi: mandibola, ovaio sporadico: paesi occidentali età variabile; sedi: intestino, gonadi, SNC HIV-correlato: SNC, etc. Buona risposta in età pediatrica con terapie aggressive FORMA ENDEMICA (Lancet Oncology 2004; 5:738-46) Patogenesi del linfoma di Burkitt endemico legata alla cooperazione di: - EBV (immortalizzazione), - malaria (spinta proliferativa), - Arbovirus trasmessi da mosche (stimolo immunitario), - Euphorbia tirucalli (danno al DNA), - traslocazione coinvolgente c-MYC. LINFOMA DI BURKITT MORFOLOGIA: endemico/sporadico= isomorfi taglia media omogenea cromatina reticolare 2-6 nucleoli citoplasma basofilo/vacuolato crescita coesiva mitosi numerosissime aspetto a cielo stellato LBT: dettagli citologici in un caso con colonizzazione “follicolare” LINFOMA DI BURKITT FENOTIPO: SIgM+ marcatori B+ CD10+ Bcl-6+ Bcl-2c-myc+ Mib-1+ = 100% CD10 Bcl-6 Bcl-2 Ki-67 MIB1 GENOTIPO LBT endemico: EBV+ t(8;14) LBT sporadico : EBV+: 25% HIV50% HIV+ t (2;8) t(8;22) diversi breakpoints p53 (?) p21 (?) Sul cromosoma 8: gene c-MYC BURKITT LYMPHOMA IN UGANDA IN THE THIRD MILLENNIUM: A MORPHOLOGIC AND MOLECULAR APPRAISAL ON TISSUE MICRO-ARRAY Cristina Campidelli, Lynnette Tumwine, Pier Paolo Piccaluga, Stefano A Pileri Hum. Pathol., 39:817-823, 2008. HIV infection and c-MYC status in endemic Burkitt lymphoma Campidelli, C., Gazzola, A., Vitone, F., Tumwine, L., and Pileri, S.A. Hum. Pathol., 39:1408-9, 2008. Patient and material collection • 95 cases from Ugandan tribes • 2-64 ys (median age: 16) • Site of involvement: - lymph node (34 cases) - abdomen (26 cases) - gonads (25 cases) - jaw (10 cases) • formalin fixed paraffin embedded blocks punched and collected in 2 TMA blocks (48 and 47 cases each) TMA technology Results • Positivity for B-cell markers, CD10 and Bcl-6 • Negativity for Bcl-2 • Ki-67 close to 100% • Thirty-five CD30+ cases (37%) • Expression of CD38 in 73 cases (77%) and CD138 in 43 cases (45%) • IRF-4 mostly negative (7 positive cases) • Constant EBV integration CD30 CD138 EBER HIV-status • None of the samples showed HIV integration • HIV-1 DNA was investigated by: RT-PCR amplifying gag region (142 bp) nested PCR amplifying env region (248 bp) Driver GA et al. J Virol Methods, 2007 Brachtel EF et al. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses, 2002 Strappe PM et al. J Virol Methods, 1998 FISH analysis • FISH failed to demonstrate t(8;14) due to DNA degradation • Surrogated by immunohistochemistry • Characteristic expression patterns of TCL1, CD38, and CD44 identify aggressive lymphomas harboring a MYC translocation (Rodig SJ, Am J Surg Pathol, 2008) • 64 out of 85 cases were TCL1+, CD38+ and CD44• 9 out of 85 cases were TCL1-, CD38+ and CD44• 9 out of 85 cases were TCL1+, CD38- and CD44• 3 out of 85 cases were TCL1-, CD38- and CD44- TCL1 CD38 CD44 Question • Are the three subtypes of Burkitt lymphoma different diseases or different features of the same disease? Piccaluga PP, De Falco G, Kustagi K, Gazzola A, Astolfi A, Agostinelli C, Leucci E, Onnis A, Tripodio C, Sapienza MR, Bellan C, Lazzi S, Tumwine L, Mawanda M, Ogwang M, Calbi V, Formica S, Califano A, Pileri SA and Leoncini L: Gene expression analysis uncovers similarity and differences among Burkitt lymphoma subtypes. Blood 2011, E-pub ahead of print. Molecular profiling of BL subtypes BL is a unique molecular entity Burkitt lymphoma Follicular lymphoma Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma Primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma Chronic lymphocytic leukemia Normal B-cells BL subtypes are all related to GC cells & presents several deregulated genes and cellular programs 1,000 genes Naï Naïve Germinal center B -cells Naive Memory Germinal center B cells BL Memory BL N/M N/M GC GC -1 +1 Grey zone SPARC • immune response • proliferation (MYC) • adhesion • NOTCH signaling BL Germinal Center B cells Though similar, BL subtypes present differences in their GEPs eBL sBL HIV-BL HIV BL eBL eBL HIV-BL HIV - BL sBL sBL Though similar, BL subtypes present differences in their GEPs eBL HIV-BL eBL and HIV-BL: 16 genes (almost identical), eBL sBL eBL & sBL: 254 genes, including cell cycle regulation. eBL (TAT & HIV-BL) GSEA showed that eBL and sBL differ for the expression of genes related to the RBL2 network eBL sBL Accordingly, RBL2 malfunction is relevant for eBL but doesn’t affect sBL. RBL2 functional network identified by ARACNe The results do not vary by subtracting the MYC network Conclusions 1. Irrespective of the subtypes, BL is a unique molecular entity distinct from other B-NHLs. 2. All BL subtypes are related to GC B-cells. 3. Genes and cellular programs deregulated in BL have been identified, including cell cycle and proliferation control, NOTCH signaling and immune response. 4. GEP differences do exist among BL subtypes. 5. In particular, RBL2 malfunction seems to characterize the signature of eBL (and HIV-BL?) suggesting a possible involvement of such gene in BL pathogenesis.